Stories we wear on our skin
My mama is the best. She went on holiday to Norfolk and bought me this little Russian doll brooch.
It’s from a company called Re-Creart, who make jewellery out of recycled bottle tops. It’s upcycled wearable art!
Upcycling happens when something of equal or better value is made without downgrading the original material or creating more pollution during the process. So not only is my brooch cute, it’s environmentally friendly too, yay.
As you all know I love the artwork of CFB Tattooist (aka Cassandra Frances) who works at End Times in Leeds.
My sister and I got tattooed by her (blog post here) and I have blogged about her on numerous occasions…but her artwork just keeps getting better. So I couldn’t resist doing a quick post with a couple of her recent painting and tattoos.
Photos all taken from Cassandra’s Facebook page
The tattoo artists at The Family Business, on Exmouth Market in London, have been busy tattooing Olympians with the iconic rings.
Check out their specially-created blog to see who has been under the needle – The Family Business Olympic Journal. You can also watch a short film of some of the athletes, including swimmers Steven Kent and Emily Seebohm.
I really Hope Mo Farah pops to the tattoo parlour for some ink after his amazing double Olympic gold (he’s my highlight of the Games so far) #GoMo.
Since the Olympics began, I have been scouring the world wide web for athletes with amazing tattoos – there’s a lot of bad ones out there and I didn’t want to just blog those athletes who now wear the Olympic rings.
So, as Needles and Sins blog has already uncovered the Top Ten Olympic Tattoos, which I am not sure I can beat, I have instead discovered the talent of illustrator Clare Corfield Carr. She has a certain tattoo style about her illustrations and I love her recent Olympic-inspired pieces…
You can purchase Clare’s illustrations from society6.com, or follow her news on Twitter.
